Advanced Cell Biology

Undergraduate

This course will examine, at the molecular level, the basic working of a cell, dealing with several aspects of eukaryotic cell biology including intracellular transport, cell-to-cell communication and signal transduction, the cytoskeleton, cell growth and division, apoptosis, cell adhesion and cell migration. In addition to exploring the current state of the field, lecture material will highlight some of the critical experiments in diverse areas of molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry and cell imaging that have contributed to our current understanding. (Prerequisites: BIOL-2111 and BIOM-2131, or BIOM-2093* and BIOM-2033 with appropriate laboratory experience and permission of instructor.) (3 lecture hours a week.) (*BIOM-2093 is in the course bank)